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Seeing Ran on the verge of an angry outburst, Yun Feng asked softly and concernedly, "Ran, what's wrong? Are you okay?"
Hearing Yun Feng's words, the angry Ran forced a smile and said, "I'm fine... Big Brother Yun... sorry to make you worry."
Yun Feng nodded and suggested with a smile, "It seems Ran's not in a good mood here. How about we go out and clear our heads?"
Ran paused slightly. Indeed, what was the use of getting angry here? But she also really wanted to know what was going on.
Yun Feng subtly winked at Yun Xiaoyu beside him. Xiaoyu immediately understood, stepped forward, and, taking Ran's hand, smiled, "Little Sister Ran is in a bad mood. As your elder sister, I'll accompany you to relax today. Let's spar a bit at the martial arts hall nearby. You can vent all your anger."
Without waiting for Ran to respond, she pulled Ran towards the door. Ran couldn't resist; even as a karate champion, in Xiaoyu's hands, she was like a little girl in kindergarten.
Yun Feng slowly followed behind. As he reached the door, he glanced back into the room and chuckled playfully in his heart: My dear student, Detective Conan, you can continue playing detective games with your fake girlfriend here. I, your young master, am off to clear my head with my goddesses.
Then, Yun Feng gently closed the door, leaving Conan and the fake girlfriend inside to continue solving this equally false and childish kidnapping case...
With the closing of this door, it foreshadowed that the misunderstanding between Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri this time would not be resolved...
...
In the afternoon, after Yun Feng took Ran and Yun Xiaoyu to the martial arts hall, Ran and Xiaoyu began sparring. At Xiaoyu's subtle cue, Ran's fierce attacks, like a violent storm, rained down on Xiaoyu, as if she wanted to vent all her accumulated anger.
However, her seemingly sharp attacks were as soft and powerless as marshmallows in Xiaoyu's eyes, all easily deflected by Xiaoyu.
This continued until Ran was drenched in sweat, while Xiaoyu remained unruffled, as if nothing had happened, which made Ran admire her Big Sister Xiaoyu more.
Finally, with Ran's gratitude, Yun Feng and Yun Xiaoyu sent her back to the Mouri Detective Agency.
When they returned to the second-floor reception room, they saw the aforementioned Uncle Mouri squatting on the office desk, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, pulling at his hair in a comical, exasperated manner as if about to scratch his ears and cheeks.
"Dad, what are you doing? Big Brother Yun Feng and them are here, you should pay attention to your image!" Ran, seeing her father's slovenly behavior, started to get angry again after just calming down, complaining.
Kogoro Mouri was startled for a moment, then lit another cigarette and said casually, "Heh, Little Brother Yun has long been like family to me. Why are you so nervous, right, Little Brother Yun?"
After speaking, Kogoro Mouri even pulled out a cigarette and tossed it to Yun Feng in the distance, indicating they were already old buddies.
Yun Feng caught Uncle Mouri's cigarette, put it away, and said with a double meaning, smiling, "That's right, Uncle Mouri and I are like family now. No need for formalities."
Ran looked at them, helplessly saying, "You two are impossible."
But a strange warmth inexplicably filled her heart at that moment... If Mom were here too, that would be nice... However, Ran was then startled by her own thought. Yun Feng was her friend and elder brother; what was she thinking? It seemed that despicable guy had really upset her this morning...
Yun Feng didn't notice Ran's expression at this moment, but instead asked Kogoro Mouri, "Uncle, seeing you look so troubled, what exactly happened?"
Hearing this, Kogoro Mouri, looking vexed, tossed a postcard-like item in his hand to Yun Feng and said perplexedly, "It's because of this. Someone sent a request letter. Take a look."
Unlike Shinichi Kudo's title as a high school detective, Kogoro Mouri respected Yun Feng's title as an authority in criminal psychology because it was a world-class title. Having been a police officer, he highly recognized such credentials.
Therefore, sometimes Kogoro Mouri would discuss cases with Yun Feng like this. Of course, Yun Feng would occasionally help him with his knowledge from transmigration, which made Uncle Mouri respect him even more in his professional capacity. But privately, as just now, he treated Yun Feng casually, like family.
Yun Feng took the mysterious request letter and saw no handwritten text. Instead, it was a sentence composed of cut-out newspaper letters pasted onto it:
"On the night of the next full moon... shadows will begin to disappear on Moonlight Island... please come and investigate..."
Signed: Asou Keiji of Moonlight Island.
Yun Feng's heart stirred upon seeing this. The long-awaited plotline is finally here...
Ran, behind Yun Feng, also bent over to examine the letter. Her soft hair brushed against Yun Feng's shoulder on the sofa, and the virginal scent, full of girlish charm, made Yun Feng's heart flutter.
After reading it, Ran asked Kogoro Mouri in surprise, "Dad, could this be a prank?"
Hearing this, Uncle Mouri became even more distressed. "I thought it was a prank too, but the sender deposited a huge sum of money into our agency's account as payment. Now we definitely have to go to Moonlight Island. Damn it, I was planning to go cherry blossom viewing tomorrow."
Yun Feng smiled, holding the envelope, and said, "Uncle, this postmark is indeed from the Izumo Islands. It seems someone genuinely wants to invite you to investigate. In that case, let me accompany you and Ran."
Kogoro Mouri was overjoyed, saying, "With Little Brother Yun accompanying us, this old man feels even more secure."
Uncle Mouri was so happy because whenever Yun Feng accompanied him, he never had to pay for his food, drinks, or entertainment. Although Ran often resented this, he didn't see it that way. At worst, he could just marry his daughter to Little Brother Yun in the future...
Anyway, from his long time interacting and observing, Yun Feng was a very reliable son-in-law candidate. Both in terms of character and financial standing, he could easily outshine that arrogant high school detective by several Tokyo Districts.
Although it seemed there were quite a few girls around Little Brother Yun, that young lady Yun Xiaoyu was even more outstanding than his own daughter. But according to Kogoro Mouri's knowledge from his police days, prestigious big families in Huaxia had a polygamous system. This Little Brother Yun seemed to belong to such a family. As long as this kid could give his daughter a legitimate status and make her happy, that was all that mattered.
As for other matters, Kogoro Mouri couldn't care less. He and his wife were monogamous, yet their relationship still deteriorated to separation. Therefore, his daughter's happiness was paramount.
If Yun Feng knew Kogoro Mouri's thoughts at this moment, he would definitely be immensely grateful to this seemingly muddle-headed but very rational future father-in-law...